From the horseback days of the Old West through the gangster days of the 1930s, Hamer stood on the front lines of some of the most important and exciting periods in American history. He participated in the Bandit War of 1915, survived the climactic gunfight in the last blood feud of the Old West, battled the Mexican Revolution's spillover across the border, protected African Americans from lynch mobs and the Ku Klux Klan, and ran down gangsters, bootleggers, and Communists.

4 out of 5 stars

I love Frank Hamer, but Boessenecker's left leanin

By
P. Simpson
on
04-06-19

Dodge City

Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West

By:
Tom Clavin

Narrated by:
John Bedford Lloyd

Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
627

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
575

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
577

Dodge City, Kansas, is a place of legend. The town that started as a small military site exploded with the coming of the railroad, cattle drives, eager miners, settlers, and various entrepreneurs passing through to populate the expanding West. Before long Dodge City's streets were lined with saloons and brothels, and its populace was thick with gunmen, horse thieves, and desperadoes of every sort. By the 1870s Dodge City was known as the most violent and turbulent town in the West.

4 out of 5 stars

The Real Life Story of Dodge City

By
Jean
on
03-26-17

The Texas Rangers

Wearing the Cinco Peso, 1821-1900

By:
Mike Cox

Narrated by:
Jonathan Hogan

Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
74

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
61

Story

4 out of 5 stars
59

Mike Cox, journalist and Texas Ranger grand master, recounts enthralling tales of men who proudly wore the silver Lone Star - once hand-carved from the Mexican five peso. Whether facing Indians, banditos, or Yankees, TexasRangers earned a reputation for being some of the most formidable lawmen in U.S. history.

2 out of 5 stars

Like reading case reports

By
Planetary Defense Commander
on
02-16-12

Texas Devils

Rangers and Regulars on the Lower Rio Grande, 1846-1861

By:
Michael L. Collins

Narrated by:
Dale M. Wilcox

Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
5

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
5

Story

4 out of 5 stars
5

This engaging history pulls listeners back to a chaotic time along the lower Rio Grande in the mid-19th century.
Texas Devils challenges the time-honored image of "good guys in white hats" to reveal the more complicated and sobering reality behind the Ranger Myth. Michael L. Collins demonstrates that, rather than bringing peace to the region, the Texas Rangers contributed to the violence and were often brutal in their injustices against Spanish-speaking inhabitants.

4 out of 5 stars

Good history here.

By
HC-2 NAS Norfolk '92
on
06-14-17

Winchester Warriors

Texas Rangers of Company D, 1874-1901

By:
Bob Alexander

Narrated by:
Theo Holland

Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
11

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
10

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
11

The Texas Rangers were institutionally birthed in 1874 with the formation of the Frontier Battalion. They were tasked with interdicting Indian incursions into the frontier settlements and dealing with the lawlessness running rampant throughout Texas. In an effort to put a human face on the Rangers, Bob Alexander tells the story of one of the six companies of the Frontier Battalion, Company D.

5 out of 5 stars

A Good Specefic Book

By
Zachary
on
07-09-17

Honor at Daybreak

By:
Elmer Kelton

Narrated by:
Jack Garrett

Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
38

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
35

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
35

Frontier mobster Big Boy Daugherty warns any who'd stand in his way: Get out or die. One man will do neither. Sheriff Dave Buckalew is a man too proud to give up and too stubborn to give in. He liked his town the way it was - before the bootleggers, brothels, and fortune-seeking roustabouts - and so did a lot of other hardworking, decent folk. Together they'll fight to win back their town - and their future. This is the story of their heroic stand.

3 out of 5 stars

Not the same

By
Sam
on
03-13-19

Texas Ranger

The Epic Life of Frank Hamer, the Man Who Killed Bonnie and Clyde

By:
John Boessenecker

Narrated by:
Graham Winton

Length: 17 hrs and 42 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
276

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
256

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
257

From the horseback days of the Old West through the gangster days of the 1930s, Hamer stood on the front lines of some of the most important and exciting periods in American history. He participated in the Bandit War of 1915, survived the climactic gunfight in the last blood feud of the Old West, battled the Mexican Revolution's spillover across the border, protected African Americans from lynch mobs and the Ku Klux Klan, and ran down gangsters, bootleggers, and Communists.

4 out of 5 stars

I love Frank Hamer, but Boessenecker's left leanin

By
P. Simpson
on
04-06-19

Dodge City

Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West

By:
Tom Clavin

Narrated by:
John Bedford Lloyd

Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
627

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
575

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
577

Dodge City, Kansas, is a place of legend. The town that started as a small military site exploded with the coming of the railroad, cattle drives, eager miners, settlers, and various entrepreneurs passing through to populate the expanding West. Before long Dodge City's streets were lined with saloons and brothels, and its populace was thick with gunmen, horse thieves, and desperadoes of every sort. By the 1870s Dodge City was known as the most violent and turbulent town in the West.

4 out of 5 stars

The Real Life Story of Dodge City

By
Jean
on
03-26-17

The Texas Rangers

Wearing the Cinco Peso, 1821-1900

By:
Mike Cox

Narrated by:
Jonathan Hogan

Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
74

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
61

Story

4 out of 5 stars
59

Mike Cox, journalist and Texas Ranger grand master, recounts enthralling tales of men who proudly wore the silver Lone Star - once hand-carved from the Mexican five peso. Whether facing Indians, banditos, or Yankees, TexasRangers earned a reputation for being some of the most formidable lawmen in U.S. history.

2 out of 5 stars

Like reading case reports

By
Planetary Defense Commander
on
02-16-12

Texas Devils

Rangers and Regulars on the Lower Rio Grande, 1846-1861

By:
Michael L. Collins

Narrated by:
Dale M. Wilcox

Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
5

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
5

Story

4 out of 5 stars
5

This engaging history pulls listeners back to a chaotic time along the lower Rio Grande in the mid-19th century.
Texas Devils challenges the time-honored image of "good guys in white hats" to reveal the more complicated and sobering reality behind the Ranger Myth. Michael L. Collins demonstrates that, rather than bringing peace to the region, the Texas Rangers contributed to the violence and were often brutal in their injustices against Spanish-speaking inhabitants.

4 out of 5 stars

Good history here.

By
HC-2 NAS Norfolk '92
on
06-14-17

Winchester Warriors

Texas Rangers of Company D, 1874-1901

By:
Bob Alexander

Narrated by:
Theo Holland

Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
11

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
10

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
11

The Texas Rangers were institutionally birthed in 1874 with the formation of the Frontier Battalion. They were tasked with interdicting Indian incursions into the frontier settlements and dealing with the lawlessness running rampant throughout Texas. In an effort to put a human face on the Rangers, Bob Alexander tells the story of one of the six companies of the Frontier Battalion, Company D.

5 out of 5 stars

A Good Specefic Book

By
Zachary
on
07-09-17

Honor at Daybreak

By:
Elmer Kelton

Narrated by:
Jack Garrett

Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
38

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
35

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
35

Frontier mobster Big Boy Daugherty warns any who'd stand in his way: Get out or die. One man will do neither. Sheriff Dave Buckalew is a man too proud to give up and too stubborn to give in. He liked his town the way it was - before the bootleggers, brothels, and fortune-seeking roustabouts - and so did a lot of other hardworking, decent folk. Together they'll fight to win back their town - and their future. This is the story of their heroic stand.

3 out of 5 stars

Not the same

By
Sam
on
03-13-19

Yours to Command: The Life and Legend of Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald

Frances B. Vick Series

By:
Harold J. Weiss Jr.

Narrated by:
Scott Frick

Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
3

Performance

3.5 out of 5 stars
3

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
3

Captain Bill McDonald (1852–1918) is the most prominent of the "Four Great Captains" of Texas Ranger history. His career straddled the changing scene from the 19th to the 20th centuries. In 1891 McDonald became captain of Company B of the Frontier Battalion of the Texas Rangers. "Captain Bill" and the Rangers under his command took part in a number of incidents from the Panhandle region to South Texas. In all these endeavors, only one Ranger lost his life under McDonald's command.

Six Years with the Texas Rangers

By:
James Gillett

Narrated by:
Bruce F. Davis

Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
1

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
1

Story

5 out of 5 stars
1

James Gillett joined the rangers in 1875 and for the next six years, he would be combatting thieves and murderers, fighting in the Mason County War, capturing vigilantes, and providing law and order for the towns. First published in 1921, Gillett's account of his six years of service relates how the Rangers maintained law and order on the frontier. Gillett witnessed the kind of action that established the Rangers' enduring reputation.

SOG

The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam

By:
John L. Plaster

Narrated by:
Arthur Morey

Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
500

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
464

Story

5 out of 5 stars
461

John Plaster’s riveting account of his covert activities as a member of a special operations team during the Vietnam War is “a true insider’s account...this eye-opening report will leave readers feeling as if they’ve been given a hot scoop on a highly classified project” (Publishers Weekly). Code-named the Studies and Observations Group, SOG was the most secret elite US military unit to serve in the Vietnam War - so secret that its very existence was denied by the government.

5 out of 5 stars

More, give me more.

By
Lee Ward
on
03-06-19

The Son

By:
Philipp Meyer

Narrated by:
Will Patton,
Kate Mulgrew,
Scott Shepherd,
and others

Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
4,600

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
4,181

Story

4 out of 5 stars
4,185

Part epic of Texas, part classic coming-of-age story, part unflinching examination of the bloody price of power,
The Son is a gripping and utterly transporting novel that maps the legacy of violence in the American west with rare emotional acuity, even as it presents an intimate portrait of one family across two centuries. Eli McCullough is just twelve-years-old when a marauding band of Comanche storm his Texas homestead and brutally murder his mother and sister, taking him as a captive.

5 out of 5 stars

Five Stars for the Lone Star, The Son, & Meyer

By
Mel
on
06-04-13

It's a Long Story

My Life

By:
Willie Nelson,
David Ritz - contributor

Narrated by:
Christopher Ryan Grant

Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,425

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,219

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,216

This is the unvarnished, complete story of Willie Nelson's life, told in his distinct voice and leaving no moment or experience unturned, from Texas and Nashville to Hawaii and his legendary bus.

5 out of 5 stars

Great doesn't do this justice

By
drlamarca
on
06-23-15

The Trail to Crazy Man

By:
Louis L'Amour

Narrated by:
Jim Gough,
Christopher Lane

Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
118

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
102

Story

5 out of 5 stars
103

Louis L'Amour is now one of the most iconic Western writers of all time, but once upon a time he was Jim Mayo, a regular writer for the pulps. Some of the tales he wrote in those days stuck with him enough that he later revised and expanded them into novels. But there was a special magic to the originals, and after research and restoration, these stories appear here now in their original form.

1 out of 5 stars

One of the two stories were worth buying.

By
neal
on
06-19-18

Spearhead

An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II

By:
Adam Makos

Narrated by:
Johnathan McClain

Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
1,522

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
1,435

Story

5 out of 5 stars
1,427

From the author of the international best seller A Higher Call comes the riveting World War II story of an American tank gunner’s journey into the heart of the Third Reich, where he will meet destiny in an iconic armor duel - and forge an enduring bond with his enemy.

5 out of 5 stars

An Exceptional Story

By
Anonymous User
on
03-12-19

Shotguns and Stagecoaches

The Brave Men Who Rode for Wells Fargo in the Wild West

By:
John Boessenecker

Narrated by:
Alex Hyde-White

Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
21

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
20

Story

4 out of 5 stars
20

Shotguns and Stagecoaches tells the true stories of the Wild West heroes who guarded the iconic Wells Fargo stagecoaches and trains, battling colorful thieves, vicious highwaymen, and robbers armed with explosives....

5 out of 5 stars

Worth the listen.

By
Lt. Dan...
on
03-19-19

Man Hunter

By:
Dusty Rhodes

Narrated by:
Gene Engene

Length: 18 hrs and 18 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
452

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
405

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
404

Was it justice... or revenge? What drove a simple farmer to set out on an impossible quest after a gang of bloodthirsty killers that raped and murdered his wife and slit his small son's throat? Their trail led him halfway across the country and deep into Mexico. One by one he tracked them down and brought them to justice, sometimes at the end of a short rope, more often in front of his fast guns, and he didn't care which.

5 out of 5 stars

Great "Manly" read. I loved it.

By
Xavier
on
02-18-12

A Man Called Trent

A Western Duo

By:
Louis L'Amour

Narrated by:
Jim Gough

Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
358

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
310

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
312

In "A Man Called Trent," nester Dick Moffitt lies dead, killed by King Bill Hale's riders. His son Jack and adopted daughter Sally, who witnessed the murder, go for safety to a cabin owned by a man called "Trent" - an alias for Kilkenny, who is seeking to escape his reputation as a gunfighter. In "The Rider of Lost Creek," Lance Kilkenny is the fastest gun in the West, but once the gunfight is over, he disappears. Some time back, Mort Davis saved Kilkenny's life.

5 out of 5 stars

Listen to the second book first. chapter 21.

By
JPoe
on
06-02-18

Dead Man's Walk

By:
Larry McMurtry

Narrated by:
Will Patton

Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,190

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,834

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,823

In
Dead Man's Walk, Gus and Call are not yet 20, young men coming of age in the days when Texas was still an independent republic. Enlisting as Texas Rangers under a land pirate who wants to seize Santa Fe from the Mexicans, Gus and Call experience their first great adventure in the barren great plains landscape, in which arbitrary violence is the rule -- whether from nature, or from the Indians whose territory they must cross in order to reach New Mexico.<

4 out of 5 stars

Not Lonesome Dove

By
Richard
on
11-05-08

Wild Bill

The True Story of the American Frontier’s First Gunfighter

By:
Tom Clavin

Narrated by:
Johnny Heller

Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
153

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
136

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
136

In July 1865, "Wild Bill" Hickok shot and killed Davis Tutt in Springfield, Mo., - the first quick-draw duel on the frontier. Thus began the reputation that made him a marked man to every gunslinger the Wild West. The legend of Wild Bill has only grown since his death in 1876, when cowardly Jack McCall famously put a bullet through the back of his head during a card game. Best-selling author Tom Clavin has sifted through years of Western lore to bring Hickock fully to life in this rip-roaring, spellbinding true story.

5 out of 5 stars

Incredibly exciting & informative!

By
Robert Lowe
on
03-01-19

Publisher's Summary

Many well-read students, historians, and loyal aficionados of Texas Ranger lore know the name of Texas Ranger Captain Frank Jones (1856-1893), who died on the Texas-Mexico border in a shootout with Mexican rustlers. In Six-Shooters and Shifting Sands, Bob Alexander has now penned the first full-length biography of this important 19th-century Texas Ranger. Frank Jones' law enforcing life was anything but boring. Not only would he find himself dodging bullets and returning fire, but those Rangers under his supervision would also experience gunplay. Of all the Texas Ranger companies, Company D contributed the highest number of on-duty deaths within Texas Ranger ranks.

The book is published by University of North Texas Press.

"For those fascinated by the Old West, this book is the true story." (Rick Miller, author of award-winning Texas Ranger John B. Jones and the Frontier Battalion, 1874-188)

"This is a solid book that will appeal to any fan of Wild West history." (True West)

“Once again exceptional historian and story teller Bob Alexander has delved into the forgotten archives and emerged with Texas Ranger Frank Jones... This is an unvarnished view of a man who rightfully should be one of the great captains of Ranger history.” (David Johnson, author of John Ringo, King of the Cowboys and The Mason County “Hoo Doo” War, 1874-1902)